RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT, BLEA MOOR
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Identifier: ourironroads00will Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1883">1883 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWilliams__Frederick_Smeeton__1829_1886">Williams, Frederick Smeeton, 1829-1886 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____History">Railroads -- History https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____Great_Britain">Railroads -- Great Britain Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Bemrose___sons">London : Bemrose & sons Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorMSN">MSN View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n211/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/ourironroads00will" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n211/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ge, and the moveable portionso provided for the accommodation of the river traffic is thelongest of any work of the kind in England. At the point ofcrossing the Ouse it is about 800 feet wide, and the moveablepart of the over-channel bridge is not less than 232 feet. Thispart crosses the river where it is deepest ; it turns on a stupend-ous mid-river pier, and is opened and closed by hydraulic power. [92 OUR IRON ROADS. Complete signals have boon provided to guard against the possi-bility of accident to trains while the bridge is open for thepassage of ships. The entire structure is carried by seven spansof solid fish-backed girders, resting upon massive iron piers,forced to a great depth into the river bed through various layersoi silt, peat, and clay. The structure is one of imposing appear-ance, and is a great triumph of engineering skill. The line isdouble. The engraving of Bugsworth viaducts represents the old stoneone to the right, which, with sixteen acres of land, slipped, and Text Appearing After Image: RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT, BLEA MOOR. the new one of timber which had to be erected in its stead, andis still in use. One of the finest viaducts, and also one of the most impressiveviews near a viaduct that can be obtained in this country, is thatknown as Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle and Carlisle lineof the Midland Company. It stands on the watershed of theRibble, and consists of twenty-four arches, the loftiest, from thebottom of the foundation to the level of the rails, being no lessthan 165 feet. Behind it, and apparently lying directly athwartthe course of the line, is the mighty range of Whernside, nearly VIADUCTS. 193 2,500 feet high ; and to avoid it, the railway bears to the right,and^before long enters Blea Moor tunnel. Another of the loftiest viaducts on the Midland line is thatat Dent Head, a little to the north of Blea Moor tunnel. It is r-fS^fe== Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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